Bowersville vs Hartwell

A side-by-side comparison of Bowersville and Hartwell: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowersville and Hartwell are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hartwell has the higher population (4,523 vs 549 in Bowersville). Bowersville has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $46,729 in Hartwell). Hartwell has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $102,700 in Bowersville).

Population, income & housing

	Bowersville	Hartwell
Population	549	4,523
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$46,729
Median home value	$102,700	$158,400
Median gross rent	$775	$699
Housing units	251	2,204
Homeownership rate	79.5%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowersville	Hartwell
Population	559 → 549 (-1.8%)	4,356 → 4,523 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$37,727 → $57,750 (+53.1%)	$29,593 → $46,729 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $102,700 (+40.1%)	$89,700 → $158,400 (+76.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $775 (+6.9%)	$744 → $699 (-6.0%)

Bowersville

Population

559549

Median household income

$37,727$57,750

Median home value

$73,300$102,700

Median gross rent

$725$775

Hartwell

Population

4,3564,523

Median household income

$29,593$46,729

Median home value

$89,700$158,400

Median gross rent

$744$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowersville	Hartwell
Under 5	11.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.3%
75 and over	3.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowersville	Hartwell
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	10.9%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowersville	Hartwell
No high school diploma	33.7%	19.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowersville	Hartwell
Drove alone	93.6%	81.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowersville	Hartwell
1-unit, detached	51.8%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	46.2%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bowersville	Hartwell
Poverty rate	16.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1991	1970